The depiction of terrorists in blockbuster Hollywood films, 1980-2001
Subtitle: an analytical study
By: Helena Vanhala
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9780786436620
Subjects: Motion pictures; Terrorism in motion pictures; History
Description: "Examines how American foreign policy and economic interests influenced the portrayal of international terrorism in Hollywood blockbuster films from the time of the Iran hostage crisis to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Defines modern terrorism's relation to the U.S. and its news media and film industry. Part II covers depictions of terrorism during the waning Cold War"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: bringing the terrorist into frame; title: Modern international terrorism. International terrorism and the news media ; International terrorism and the United States ; International terrorism and the Hollywood film industry; title: The Hollywood terrorist and the Cold War. Red terror network. International terrorism in the Americas: "it's time to die" ; State-sponsored Middle Eastern terrorism; title: The Hollywood terrorist after the Cold War. "Yippee ki-yay, motherfucker": from German Euroterrorists to heroes of the past ; Euroinvasion: madmen from Britain and Northern Ireland; title: Hollywood's version of fundamentalist Islamic terrorism. Return of the one-dimensional evil Arab Muslim ; Return of the Communist threat: U.S. president takes on Russian Communist terrorists ; Predicting 9/11: power of belief; title: Conclusion: patterns and themes of the Hollywood terrorist.